| Chapter 381 |
| 2023 -- H 6507 Enacted 06/26/2023 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS |
Introduced By: Representatives Cotter, Spears, McGaw, Craven, Chippendale, Place, Roberts, Casimiro, McNamara, and Kennedy |
| Date Introduced: June 08, 2023 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 16-2 of the General Laws entitled "School Committees and |
| Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby |
| amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 16-2-37. Excused absences to include participation in agricultural fairs. |
| When a school committee, by its policies, provides for excused absences from attendance |
| in school, for participation in a sport or any other extracurricular activity, that policy shall be |
| amended and deemed to also include an excused absence from attendance in school for attending |
| or participating in agricultural fairs as listed or defined by the department of environmental |
| management. The department of environmental management shall work in consultation with the |
| department of elementary and secondary education to define what qualifies as an agricultural fair |
| for purposes of this section. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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